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March 13, 2009

Penny Aggressive In Intra-Squad Game

Potential 5th starter Brad Penny threw 33 pitches over two innings in a simulated game at the minor league complex this morning.

He gave up a home run on a 2-2 fastball to his first batter (David Mailman), but settled down after that. John Farrell said Penny felt strong, was aggressive, and experienced no pain. Over at the Sox Prospects discussion board, Cem21 charted pitches for Penny's first inning and posted:

Penny looked to be throwing pretty effortlessly and had good command of his fastball. His curveball had pretty good action and he dropped it in for a couple of strikes. More of an aggressive side session, but looked pretty successful in achieving the goal. Next step getting him into a game.

Penny is expected to throw about 45 pitches in his next appearance on Wednesday. The Red Sox will need a fifth starter on April 12, four weeks from this Sunday.

78 comments:

Hey, someone just asked me this question, and I wasn't positive of the answer.Any idea of the starting rotation?I figured Beckett, Dice-K, Lester are locks, but then ...? Wakefield? Penny? and a No. 5 (Buchholz? Masterson?) I know Smoltz is supposedly out until late May at best.

I read about the "Welcome Home" commercial on redsox.com today. I figured the fact that they mentioned it meant it was some kind of new, genius commercial. Instead it was just everyone saying "see you at home." (The awkward Werner voice-cracking chuckle was pretty funny though. And Lugo tried to win the SS role through cuteness by involving his kid in his part.)

His post-game interviews last year are what made him become my current favorite player--and why I'll be finding a pic I took of him last year to use as my '09 in-season Avatar. (By the way, that was me "calling it," everyone. Tim, I got my eye on you!)